code: def _count(x, axis=None):
      if axis is None:
          return x.size
      else:
          return x.shape[axis]
  
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  import math
  from collections import namedtuple
  import numpy
  import dask.array
  from dask import delayed
  from dask.array.ufunc import wrap_elemwise
  from dask.utils import derived_from
  from scipy import special
  from scipy.stats import distributions
label_desc: Use image node_id 17 for calling a global function with example usage: _count(x, axis) and returns: x, x